Thailand has adopted a labeling policy on genetically modified (GM) food items since 2003 that if their ingredients are derived from soybean and corn, a mandatory label is required when their GM content reaches a 5% threshold level. However, critics disagree and demand a mandatory lower...

Innovation most successfully occurs in regions around the world that allow inventors to operate in a public policy framework that rewards risk taking and investment. This is especially so for the biopharmaceutical industry. Because of the high risk, high cost, and long research timelines...

Background: Genetically modified (GM) foods could be a promising option to reduce the dependence of the agri-food system on conventional means of crop improvement. However, the safety of GM food remains a concern, in addition to the perceived and real risks to environment. The opinion about...

Although the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops have been well documented, how do farmers manage the risk of new technology in the early stages of technology adoption has received less attention. We compare the total factor productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice,...

Modern crop biotechnology is being considered as a novel solution to the long-standing problems of food insecurity, low crop productivity, pest and disease prevalence, and micronutrient deficiency, particularly in developing and climate-vulnerable economies. Empirical evidence of its benefits...

Cross-pollination can be caused by birds, insects and wind. Genetically modified (GM) seeds are produced each year in a controlled environment to maintain their purity. However, pollen from the GM crop can be transferred to traditional crops. When the GM crop producers are in long-run...

The article seeks to explore the inter-play of scientific developments and their social inferences. Many times it happens that a particular scientific development is either not received well by the society, or else it causes a division amongst experts on the issue of its adoption for the...

In Nigeria, there are mixed reactions towards GMOs. While there are pro-GMO activists arguing for the creation of a market for GMOs, there are also anti-GMO activists who maintain that GMOs and products from GMOs pose a threat to human health and the sustenance of naturally bred domestic...

En este documento se presenta un análisis de las potencialidades y desafíos que enfrena Uruguay para su inserción en la cadena global de valor biofarmacéutica (CGV-Biofarma). En la sección I, se descompone la cadena en tres fases principales: investigación y desarrollo, manufactura y...

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to investigate market power of soybeans exported by the United States to Korea. Particularly, this paper considered dichotomous characteristics of genetically modified (GM) soybeans and non-GM soybeans and conducted empirical analysis of these two...

This study compared costs and returns between stacked Bt/Ht GM and non-GM maize and identified determinants of GM maize adoption in Southern Vietnam. Data were from the 2016 Summer-Autumn cropping season, one year after GM maize was commercialised in Vietnam. The main economic benefits of GM...

Introduction: Contested Futures -- The Agrochemical-Seed-Biotech Oligopoly -- Science and Regulation in Service of Capital -- "GMO Ground Zero" -- Imperialism and the Making of a Plantation Economy -- From Sugar to Monsanto -- The State's Redistribution of Collective Wealth -- Resistance Is...

"For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the US embargo - anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high value-added biotechnology. However, a closer look reveals more subtle but equally powerful...